NOTES OF THANKS

The River Country Quilt Show Committee would like to thank the many community visitors to our show on July 29-30. We had a record number of visitors to the show. The many participants who entered their items in the show provided such a wide variety of wonderful projects from quilts, wall hangings, table toppers, table runners, pictures, garments and even chairs. We want to thank our appraiser, Hallye Bone, for doing an appointment-filled appraisal schedule during the entire show. She says she likes to be at this show because she gets to see a vast array of beautifully made quilts, old and new. The number of attendees for the bed turnings was also a record this year.

We would also like to thank Jacksonville High School and its wonderful custodial crew who worked during the setup and both days of the show. We also need to thank Bill Poole and his staff who made sure that the Wi-Fi was working, thus allowing the vendors to have their computer systems able to handle purchases. Thank you to the husbands, sons, grandsons and friends for their work in putting up and taking down the frames for the quilts, Brockhouse Sales for housing, delivering and picking up the quilt frames, Knollwood Retirement Village and Judy Hayes for the loan of wheelchairs during the show, and our many quilting friends, not members of the committee, who assisted with various jobs during the quilt show. We would like to thank the central Illinois vendors who came to show us the newest fabrics, patterns and techniques on the market. We also wish to thank Wade & Dowland, Prairie Winds Engraving, On the Wall, Farmers State Bank and Trust, Trone Appliance, and The Soap Co. Coffee House shops around the square who allowed us to use their display areas for quilts advertising the show.

We will hope to see you again next year on July 28-29 at the Jacksonville High School for the River Country Quilt Show. All of you quilt enthusiasts, whether viewers, learners or accomplished quilters, keep your eyes open for beautiful quilted items. Tell their owners that those items need to be shared with the rest of us who appreciate those beautiful works so much. Again, thank you to the Jacksonville area for making this year’s River Country Quilt Show such a wonderful success.

Dr. Barbara L. Suelter

and members of the River Country Quilt Show Committee

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Pilot Club wraps up concert series

On behalf of the Pilot Club of Jacksonville, thanks to all who participated in Concerts in the Park this summer: Saved By Grace, Jill Layne, Paul Summers, Rod Nicholson, Sanctuary, West Clan Band, Two By Two, Land of Lincoln Chorus, Cross Over Country, Rob Brogdon, Pam and Mark Fisher, Solid Rock, Community Summer Band, and Harmony. Each and every participant generously provides their time and talent at no cost, bringing an inspired message to their audience.

Thanks also to the Parks Department and the City Clerk’s Office for making the bandstand at Community Park available, the Journal-Courier and The Source for event notices each week, and WJVO and WLDS for their support. We also thank First Baptist Church for making their sanctuary available when the weather didn’t cooperate.

We especially thank our community for their continued support for these concerts every Sunday evening throughout the summer and hope to see you again next year!